Introduction
JUST THE OTHER DAY I saw a classic conflict outside
my office window. The church where I work as a coun-
selor has an elementary school， and that particular day
was Field Day filled， as tradition would have it， with
fun games like the three-legged race， the gunnysack race，
the egg toss， and more. The afternoon finale was the ulti-
mate in gender-clash: boys versus girls tug-o-war.
I watched as the two sexes squared off for battle. The
girls giggled nervously. They had little to lose， it seemed.
The boys， on the other hand， clenched their teeth，
chewed their tongues， and made a huge show of digging
their hightop tennis shoes into the ground for added
leverage. They had life at stake.
The whistle blew， the rope stiffened， the boys turned
crimson， the girls giggled...then panic broke out on the
boys end. The girls were inching them closer and closer
to defeat.
Tempers rose. Accusations flew. \"Pull harder， ToddV
\"I am! Why don t you? I am!\" But nothing helped.
Suddenly， with a heave， the gigglers sent the boys
sprawling.
Shrill， unison voices called out in that sing-song pat-
tern we all learn early in life: \"You boys are weaklings!
You boys are weaklings!\"
Up jumped the boys from the ground， quickly engag-
ing themselves in all sorts of manly behaviors such as
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